aldwych – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Mime Parade 1937

Mime Parade 1937 It is interesting to see that Irene Mawer actually gave a whole paragraph to the subject of the Institute of Mime when she spoke at the celebrations for the 21st birthday of the Ginner-Mawer School, in 1937. She so rarely shone a light on her own work,

August 16, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Mime Parade at Aldwych. July 1937

Getting slightly out of sync with my blog posts, these two newspaper articles are from July 1937 and describe the “Mime Parade” show on 13 July 1937 at the Aldwych Theatre which I have written about previously. According to Drama London, the show presented both spoken and silent mimes –